Hello my gorjuss Bloggers
I hope you are all having another sunny warm day out there where you are! Its beautiful again here in Scotland, feels like summer!!
This time over on
Crafty Cardmakers we have a fab new funky lil Challenge for you all
MACHINES AND STEAMPUNK
Ehhhh??? some of you may be saying and that including me till I did a lot of searching and a lot of advice form the
Dt!! Here is just some info on what Steampunk is
"Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s.[1] Specifically, steampunk involves an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century and often Victorian era Britain—that incorporates prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology or futuristic innovations as Victorians may have envisioned them; in other words, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, art, etc. This technology may include such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne or real technologies like the computer but developed earlier in an alternate history.
Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken" for such technology as dirigibles, analog computers, or such digital mechanical computers as Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace's Analytical engine.
Steampunk is often associated with cyberpunk. They have considerable influence on each other and share a similar fan base, but steampunk developed as a separate movement. Apart from time period and level of technology, the main difference is that steampunk settings tend to be less dystopian.
Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk."
And here a few pics I found on the Internet to give you some Inspiration
To me this style just screams Tim Holtz with a gems and jewels and the insides of things, like all the workings showing!! If you can kinda get me heee
So I decided to make a wee sorta canvas, but after figuring I had none of them the next best thing was to pinch some wood from Hubby's workshop!! A 8x8 piece of MDF later and it was time to get messy!
Kinda funky I thought hee!!
I got out my distress inks, some old orange/brown papers and embossing powders and just went wild! Used some of my jewellery making bits, an old watch(for insides to show) and anything else I sorta thought would look ok?? Oh and the fab wee image of
Lady Audrey that I found on Esty!
What do you think?? I would love any opinion you have on it!! As I've never done anything like this, I would really like some feed back please!!
I wanna enter it into the following Challenges
I hope you will join in the fun this time over on
Crafty Cardmakers and give this wee theme a try! For more fab inspiration check my
fellow Dt's amazing creations!
Hugs Melly xxxx
